In 1984, the Sandinista government filed a suit in the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) against the United States ( Nicaragua v. United States ), which resulted in a 1986 judgment against the United States.

In another law suit, Wayne Ritchie, a former United States Marshal, after hearing about the project's existence in 1990, alleged the CIA laced his food or drink with LSD at a 1957 Christmas party which resulted in his attempting to commit a robbery at a bar and his subsequent arrest.

The suit resulted in a large cash settlement being paid by a group of tobacco companies to the states that sued.

The handover of Macau ( Macao ) to Portugal in 1557 by the Emperor of China ( as a reward for services rendered against the pirates who infested the South China Sea ) resulted in the first permanent European maritime trade post between Europe and China, with other European powers following suit over the next centuries, which caused the eventual demise of the Silk Road.

This case resulted in the Government establishing a committee to recommend a new legal definitions that will suit the development of the kibbutz, and to submit an opinion on the allocation of apartments to kibbutz members.

The New York Times reported that political prisoner Wang Xiaoning and other journalists had brought a civil suit against Yahoo for allegedly aiding and abetting the Chinese government which, it was claimed, resulted in torture that included beatings and imprisonment.

This caused a sensation in the press, and resulted in an inconclusive legal suit and a subsequent formal inquiry lasting well into 1875.

This resulted in them being reclassified as one species by Julian Ford in 1969, with most recent authors following suit.

Under common law, a dead person cannot bring a suit, and this created a loophole in which activities that resulted in a person's injury would result in civil sanction but activities that resulted in a person's death would not.

Erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit ending disastrously for the Union.

The suit resulted in the only successful Reconstruction prosecution under the state's civil rights law.

George Wallace's political career and neglect of his family resulted in his wife filing for divorce in the late 1950s ; she later dropped the suit.

Through a private suit, the recipient can either recover the actual monetary loss that resulted from the TCPA violation, or receive $ 500 in damages for each violation, whichever is greater.

The 1978 edition, remembered for its fishnet bathing suit made famous by Cheryl Tiegs, resulted in 340 cancellations.

In 1999, an article about the case in the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail resulted in a libel suit by Lee.

Speer's widow Tabitha, both represented by Donald Winder, launched a joint civil suit against the estate of Khadr – claiming that the father's failure to control son Omar resulted in the loss of Speers ' life and Morris ' right eye.

In 2006 -- after spending two years trying to correct erroneous credit information that resulted from being a victim of identity theft -- a fraud victim named Sloan filed suit against all three of the USA's largest credit agencies.

Fuji Television sued the company for ¥ 35 billion in damages in March 2007 ; 1, 000 individual investors filed a class-action suit in May 2006, eventually rising to 3, 340 asking for ¥ 23 billion, which resulted in a final ruling of ¥ 7. 6 billion against Livedoor, and other similar suits resulted at least one judgment of ¥ 4. 9 billion.

This law led to the suit of Trevett vs. Weeden, which resulted in a decision looking toward the right of courts to declare legislative enactments unconstitutional.

The suit alleged that The Dawn Patrol plagiarized his Hell's Angels ( 1930 ) production, also in production. The lawsuit resulted in The Dawn Patrol being rushed through post-production in order to be in theaters before Hughes ' competing film.

The new suit cut was softer and more flexible in construction than the suits of the previous generation ; extra fabric in the shoulder and armscye, light padding, a slightly nipped waist, and fuller sleeves tapered at the wrist resulted in a cut with folds, or " drapes ," front and back that created the illusion of the broad-shoulders and tight-waist " V " figure of the very fit.

This resulted in a flexible suit which could withstand high pressure.

2d 99 ( 1994 ), a suit in which certain parties, including the National Organization for Women, sought damages and an injunction against pro-life activists who physically block access to abortion clinics.

The Barnettes brought suit in the United States District Court for themselves and others similarly situated asking its injunction to restrain enforcement of these laws and regulations against Jehovah's Witnesses.

In 1976, Congress removed the injunction in passing the National Forest Management Act, a direct response to their law suit.

Additionally, they also filed a suit DVD CCA v. Bunner against people who distributed DeCSS, seeking injunction to stop further distribution based on trade secret claims.

The suit sought an injunction preventing further violations of the Voting Rights Act.

On May 29, 2009, the Department of Justice requested and received an injunction against the member who had carried the nightstick, but against the advice of prosecutors who had worked on the case, department superiors ordered the suit dropped against the remaining members.

The suit was filed by the Law Office of Damian R. Fernandez on behalf of California resident Timothy P. Smith, and ultimately sought to have an injunction issued against Apple to prevent it from selling iPhones with any kind of software lock.

Because UC Berkeley was not originally a party to the suit, the University made its arguments against an injunction in a series of amicus briefs.

The plaintiffs, " Cumming, Harper and Ladeveze, citizens of Georgia and persons of color suing on behalf of themselves and all others in like case joining with them ," originally filed suit by petition against the " Board of Education of Richmond County " ( the " Board ") and one " Charles S. Bohler, tax collector " in the Superior Court of Richmond County, claiming among other causes of action, that a $ 45, 000 tax levied against the county for primary, intermediate, grammar and high schools was illegal insofar as the high schools of the county were exclusively for white students, and seeking an injunction barring the collection of so much of the total amount as was earmarked for the white only high school system.

Worlds. com has filed suit in Texas claiming NCsoft has infringed on its patent for a " system and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space ," and are pushing for an injunction to stop all games covered in the suit along with seeking unspecified damages.

The suit asked for an injunction under the U. S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA ) prohibiting the 2600 site from posting the DeCSS code.

She brought suit against the college disputing violation of her tenure rights and claimed she was forced out against her will, but her request for an injunction was denied by Middlesex Superior Court Judge Martha Sosman.

Livingstone filed suit against the league and the other owners, and applied for a court injunction to prevent them from moving the remaining teams out of the league.

The suit seeks a declaratory judgment that circulating Liberty Dollars as a voluntary barter currency is not a federal crime and an injunction barring the Defendants from publicly or privately declaring the Liberty Dollar an illegal currency and to remove any such declarations from the U. S. Mint's website.

: Red Hat files suit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware asking for a permanent injunction blocking SCO from asserting that Red Hat infringed on SCO's intellectual property with their Linux product.

In 1998 Silicon Knights filed a suit against Crystal Dynamics for rights to the Legacy of Kain IP, requesting an injunction to prevent Crystal Dynamics from marketing a sequel to Blood Omen which they were developing without Silicon Knights involvement.

Gott filed suit against Berea College for an injunction to stop enforcement of the new rule as well as for damages.

Consequently, the person whose rights are infringed loses the ability to make a claim against the infringer, or succeed in an injunction suit due to the infringer's conduct.

During the civil suit against the Church of Scientology brought by McPherson's family members, an injunction was sought and obtained to keep the Scientology-critical film The Profit from being shown to avoid prejudicing the jury pool against Scientology.

* 1969 – The Environmental Defense Fund and others filed suit in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking temporary and permanent injunction against the construction of the canal.

In mid-January, shortly after the suit was filed, the Court granted a preliminary injunction barring defendants from posting DeCSS.

After the preliminary injunction was issued, Shawn Reimerdes and Roman Kazan both entered in to consent decrees with the plaintiffs, and were subsequently dropped from the suit.

Attorney General brought suit to enjoin ( issue injunction ) against Raines and other Georgia public officials from discriminating against blacks wanting to vote.